{"id":12647,"date":"2014-09-06T15:55:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/?p=12647"},"modified":"2014-09-22T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T14:00:53","slug":"both-alzheimers-forms-equally-affect-brain-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/both-alzheimers-forms-equally-affect-brain-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Both Alzheimer\u2019s Forms Equally Affect Brain Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/23-Revelan-que-el-cerebro-es-capaz-de-generar-nuevas-neuronas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/23-Revelan-que-el-cerebro-es-capaz-de-generar-nuevas-neuronas.jpg\" alt=\"23-Revelan-que-el-cerebro-es-capaz-de-generar-nuevas-neuronas\" width=\"196\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Non-inherited Alzheimer&#8217;s disease<\/strong> is the most common form and usually affects older people; while the inherited form \u2013 <strong>also known as early onset Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/strong> \u2013 is much rarer and strikes people much earlier in life, sometimes as young as 30 or 40. A new study led by Washington University in St. Louis discovered that there are <strong>networks in the brain affected in a similar way by both forms of the disease<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Senior author Beau Ances, associate professor of neurology at Washington University&#8217;s School of Medicine, said: <em>&#8220;The brain networks affected by inherited Alzheimer&#8217;s disease in a 30-year-old are very similar to the networks affected by uninherited Alzheimer&#8217;s disease in a 60-, 70- or 80-year-old. This affirms that what we learn by studying non-inherited Alzheimer&#8217;s, which appears at younger ages, will help us better understand and treat more common forms of the disease.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The feature both forms of the disease have in common is what is called <em>&#8220;functional connectivity&#8221;<\/em>, where the activity levels of <strong>networked brain<\/strong> regions rise and fall in sync. Scientists believe that<strong> this type of coordination helps the brain regions to work together<\/strong>, besides to not clog each other during mental activity.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Ances said they found that the decline of functional connectivity appears to play a role in the middle stages of <strong>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease<\/strong>. However, this is not useful for an<strong> early diagnosis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While this results may not help with for that purpose, what they suggest, says Prof. Ances, is that <em>&#8220;functional connectivity may help us track the progression of Alzheimer&#8217;s in patients who are first diagnosed when they&#8217;re beginning to show early signs of dementia.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Through<\/strong>: <em>Medical News Today<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-inherited Alzheimer&#8217;s disease is the most common form and usually affects older people; while the inherited form \u2013 also known as early onset Alzheimer&#8217;s \u2013 is much rarer and strikes people much earlier in life, sometimes as young as 30 or 40. 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